Russian troops take command of U.S. airbase in northern Syria

[orangecrush]

Russian troops take command of U.S. airbase in northern Syria
Northern Syria — Russian troops have taken command of a U.S. airbase in northern Syria — and without firing a shot. Russian state media showed commandos staging what looked like a military invasion.

Choppers descending onto the dusty runway, troops taking up combat positions. The Russians are playing up the takeover of the Kobani airfield as a victory.

The former U.S. airbase that served as the main logistical hub for America's fight against ISIS, now with the Russian flag flying above it.




The Russians moved in just a day after U.S. forces moved out, leaving behind barracks, beds, abandoned medical supplies and the skeleton of a gym with weights removed, to render it useless.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/russian-troops-take-command-of-us-airbase-kobani-northern-syria-2019-11-17/

[lpbk2713]

1. The troops who were stationed there must be livid.

They aren't very likely to have a high opinion of the Commander in Chief who told them to cut and run.

[NightWatcher]

2. Why didn't they blow that base the duck up before they left?

(My phone's autocorrect is too Puritanical for me. I didn't type duck, I typed duck.)

[trof]

4. quack

[trof]

3. Cadet Bonespurs strikes again.